MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · P
Change to
Cole Wilcox
SEA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cole Wilcox.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Bryan King’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cole Wilcox wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Bryan King wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Cole Wilcox
96.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
9.0%
Cole Wilcox
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
17.9%
Cole Wilcox
21.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.0%
Cole Wilcox
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
36.2%
Cole Wilcox
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.4%
Cole Wilcox
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.311
Cole Wilcox
.357
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Bryan King
26.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.92
Cole Wilcox
26.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
.9002.55
now 1.30
1.35
Cole Wilcox
.9002.55
now 2.18
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4024.60
now 19
14
Cole Wilcox
4024.60
now 15
17
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.000.480
now 0
00
Cole Wilcox
.000.480
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.0008.40
now 6
35
Cole Wilcox
.0008.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBryan King — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeCole Wilcox — hold.conf 0.50
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